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Daily Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1848), 1860-12-25

Daily Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1848), 1860-12-25 page 1

o 1 4 VOLUME XXIV. HOTELS. HOLTO N HOUSE, jnkwaujv, v. J. L. Holton .... Proprietor bec8-dSai W. W. M'COY, Proprietor of Ilia Uooman xiouso, r.-riiiertt Ih. M'l'oy, BUCYIttJS, OHIO. dec4d1tn GOODALE HOUSE. W. II. AKIN, PaomiEToa Hfgh Si. between Siale ami Town. OOZiTTMBtTS OHIO. There have been recoutly addi-d a uumurul Itew rouiua lo tin. uiium, making it the largeet bouse lu the city, nov;7'0iu gT. CLAIR HOTEL., COR. PENN AND ST. CLAIR STS., rinsuuuu. Forty Singl" Boom. have been added recently to the r.inuiiMiiniem. BOAHUFEh DAY, ....... $195 eeptlldtiui 0. II. DELL, PnopaiiToa. Rlm"IHRIMV.S IRISH TINJ3N& , DAMASKS DIAPERS. tC. CONfiL M Mtg OK KIOHAKlmrN'S 1,1 NKNS, aud tboM desiroua of obtaining the CKNUINE GOODS, should se. that the art k lea they purchase era sealed with the full name of the Ilrm, J. N. KIUHARDS0N. SON'S OWDEN, a. a guarantee of the aouudueas and durability of tb. Good.. This caution la rendered essentially necessary, as large quantities of liiferinr and defective Linens are prepared, season after season, and aealed with the name of RICH' AHDSON, by Irish Houses, who regardless of the Injury thua lntlicted alike on the American consumer and the manufacturers of the genuine Good, will not readily abandon a hiilnes.so profitable, while purchaser, can he mpuHed on with goods of a worihless character. J. liULUM'KK J. 11. I.Ot'KK, pt7-dly Agents, 34 Rende Street, New York. 1860. 1860. 1860. FALL AND WINTER STYLES. MRS. IIOPPERTOS HAS OPKXED HER FALL AND W1NTKK STOCK of FRENUII MIL-LINKIiV. BONNETS, RII1II0NS, c. 4c, No. ITS South High Street, colummjh, on io. Her frionria are invited ti oall and purchase. Mrs. II. bae aome ot thoao new atyle Htnr Framea which he will dispose of by thequtuitlty to milliner. ep18-dtjanlMllo CONVICT LABOR FOR HIKE. OFFICK OHIO PENITENTIARY, ) foT.IIMIIUH, O.. Nov. 21. iHfiO. f SE CO :ALED PUOPOSAL8 WILL BE RK- ceved Mt the ofllee of the Ohio Penitentiary until Monday, January 2Ut 18UI, at 2. P. M , for th labor of from One Hundred to One Hundred and Twenty-flve Con lets In thlsinstitution, fur Five Years. Hhop room furni.ie) and discipline maintained at the expense of the State. Bidden will specify the kinds of work, the number of men, and the price per day Tor lalwr. Bids by persons not con (motors will tin considered for any business not now carried on in the I'risnn; nod Ironi present contractor fur their prow tit burliness, mid for any other not In conflict with the laws of the State or existing contracts, the Directors reserving the right to select such bids and business as will bent promote the In-treHtof the Institution, and conflict the least with the mechanical iiitrertH ol Ihe Htuto. No bid secured for lss than Twenty or more than Fifty men in any one contract. Successful bidders required to give satisfactory security. J. A PBENTICE, Warden N. MERTON, ) THKO. COMHTOCK, v rireotors. - H. E. PARSON8, , Fl R ETFI RE! IFiI ETTT NOW IS THE TIME TO IKSURE TCUS PROPERTY. HAVING ARRANGED ALL OF MY LOSSES, 00-caaioued by die late Neil House Fire, to the full aat-tafact'on of all parties interested, I am still prepared. In like maimer, to protect the Kuildings, Dwelling. Mer chandise. Furniture, Ac, of all peraons, by giving them Policies in as good Insurance Companies as there are in the United States. All persons desiring to Insure their property, are requested to call at my office, In Amhoa' bnildilig, and examine the matter for themselves, before applying elsewhere. Beware of intrusting your Insurance to traveling Agents, as those tympanies which employ Policy Pad-dlt'rs,npi.prierdViy fogiis Concerns. no2l-d'im " B. WILSON, Inaurance'Agent. joliii Bouto cj Co. Miiuui'acturers of Manilla, Cotton, Tarred and Hemp It.. pe, Cotton and Ilomj Packing, Cords, Lines and Twine, in all their variety, and dealers in Onkuni, Anchors, Itlocka, Patent Heine Twine, Main street, one door (South of Front. !I3SI"OI3SrN-ATI, O. marVt-tK'dly E. A. P.. Improved Hiliiard Tallies and COMBINATION CUSHIONS, Protected bt Ultert patent dated Feb. 19, 1866 Oct. 28, 1850 ; Pec. 8, 1857; Jan. 12, 1858; Nov. 10, 1858, and March 20, 1850. MrTho recant Improvements in these tables make them tmitirpassed in the world. Tliev aro now offered to the scientific Billiard players as combining poed with tenth, never bofore obtained in any nilliurd lahle. Manufactory Nos. 05, 07, and ill) Crosby Street . PHKLAN noLLKNDER, my7-dly Hide Manufiictiirer 1 Arrival Xo. 'X for iSfiO. STEWART Sb 8TIMSON, Moi'fihunt Tailors, 138 S-IIIgh St.,(o,pn.ite r.ooiliile House) Culumhus Have received n full minply of FUKS1I AND FASIIItlNAIII.F, FALL AND WINTER GOODS. And aro now ready to wait upon all who may deaire toex. amine their atock. And they especially invite all who wish to supply themselves with A No. 1 COATS, PANTS VESTS ot the best grade of goods, fashionable atyle oi maK.e,nnti a true nt, local! and leave their orders. Term Caia. Aluo on h-ind. Gentlemen's Furni.hinir Goods, such as Shirts, Collars, Nock Ties, Scarfs, Gloves , Undershirts, urawers, c N. It. No goods taken in to make unless our own trim mlngaaroiiBed. aep27tirl.1,'im illy Soiling ctt Cost A PPKAKS TO Kit: VERY FASIIIO A Bi,b, it we are tu judge by the piu'iinla in the alio wlndowa. now we do not propose to sell our goods at cost, but we do propose to sell many goods at less prices than mey ci mi some otuers in tue traae. janlMly GEO. GERK A CO' 3VtTJT"CJA.Xi SAFETY INSURANCE COMPANY. Of Philadelphia. Tins old and reliable: company will iusuro Buildings, Alerehanili.n, Vessels, Cargoes and Freights, and MerchandiBe transported by lind or water, at as reasunnble rates as anv otlier reliable Com pany. JOHN .1. JANNKY, Agent, nviid2m 13 South High Street, Columbus. jBC. DOI1EMUS, Central Machine Carpenter Shop, AND PLANING, SAWING AND General House Furnishing; Establishment. " MANTJFAOTUBER OF DOORS, SASH, BUNDS, &C.&C. ITAVING (IKMOVED FROM HIS OLD ostabllsbment, at Comstockvllle, wcat of the Canal, and having built a new shop of large dimension! on Walnut street, between Rich ami Town streets, one square east ol the Market House, and fitted It up with new machinery capable of turning out the best quality of work on the shortest notice; he would respectfully solicit the FATII.ON'iVGX , OF HIS OLD CUSTOMERS -A-Xxci Otliors WHO WANT WORK DONE WITH NEATNESS AND DISPATCH, To Give Him a Call ! All orders for WORK OF ANT promptly attended to and HOUSE KIND Especially that or Ilouse Building oct27dly INSURANCE. JOHN H. WHEELER, OBIfT FOR HUME, COSTISKXTAC LI. M.asumN, HsceniTT, and Iavina Fiat Ina. Co.1. new lortj M E ttUU A NT a and CITY FIRIof Hart, ord ; SK W YOBKaod UONNK0TICUT MUTUAL LIFB. Offlea, t Ul(h St., gmwaare's Block. ayl'MMly UONK AHDPURE1GII P1TKMTI. The underaigned for many years engaged in tb. Patent viae, preparing leantuony in contested cam, baa re. signed to continue hie profiwlon of securing natents, American and European. Patents obtained on new and nnjuatly t ejected applications foe contingent fees to ha pain wnen in. patents are granted, it desired. Ham. luationa of new inventions from rou.h nencil sketch... to determine their patentability, Bade previous to ap. piyuia .or patents, lor ore dollars. B, W. WUUU,Ut. wall, urenge Co., N. I. novIK dly W. T. & S. D. DAY & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALERS IN PRINTING PRESSES, (BOTH HARD AND P0W2R.) 4nd all kinds of Printing Mate riaig. Ho. 173, ITS. and IT Went Second Bt.. OINOINNA TI. Janlil-diy CIIARLP.O SCOTT, BOOT Sb SHOE MAKBB Broad tHrtt, fietuem Uifk aairnst majri'Rndly.iiAa IITIIOGR4PIIIMO AND Purtraita, Lan Escapes, Show Oards, Maps, Drafts, Notes iwrMiicuiB. ui oiock, iionoe, iMiivr ana nm neaus, mid- nga, e. MIUDLKTDN, STROBRIUOa, o CO. U Walnut Street, (Odd Fellow's fiaildlng.) aepi-WCm Cincinnati, 0. MISSOURI LAND!! RiCi nCU ACRES FOR ALE AT prices running from 12Uc to 60c ter Acre. In any quantities renulred. TAXK9 PAID, and PAT KNTS procured fur purchasers of Land under the Gradual lion Act, PLATS FURNISHED GRATIS by enclosing a postage stamp. For further Information appiy to WUiSU, HAWLISOS aV CO. U. S. and General Land Agentt, 65 CHESTNUT BT., BETWEEN 8d AND 4TII. ST. LOUIS MISSOURI. N. B. LAKI) WARRANTS bought, sold and located. octu .im. S ECHLER & PORTER SOLE AOKMTS FOE LAWRENCE ROLLING MILL, ftJTvSJ otrmlon, Ohio. niaicits IN .-1 p,g Iroa' Bar' 1 m BhMt iron' Jlll.iiaJi5S .KaBJ M'lngs, Nails, Boiler and Plow Slabs k j Hufasid sh.efMrtnjH Steol, Window Glasa,&c. m m JSerlilfr, WABI-kOOMS, No. 54 West Second 8treet . between Walnat and Vine O'aeimlati, Ohio. marSoO-dawly-i.A.B NO. 162 SOUTH HIGH STREET OLD STANDI DODDRIDGE & WHITE, n slaw or NEW FIRM. NEW GOODS, NEW COOKING STOVES, NEW HARDWARE, NEW FURNISHING GOODS New nien newly returned from the east with a large stock of Stoves, Tin Ware, Tinners' atock, Ilouse Furnishing Goods, Japand Ware, 4c, at Wholesale and Re tall. Call and seo us before purchasing elsewhere, for we can sell hnn any other ostahliahmont In the west, and we intend to do it. We have the STEWART COOKING STOVE, the only bouse In the olty that Las It, and we defy any body to town or out of town to show its equal in these particulars: in finish, durability, design, economy of fuel, aud performance. Let us bear from you. gentlemen. W. II. AKIN, no27-dood.1mos . R. A. KMERI. FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS CALL AT IIROTIIEIILIIV, HALM & tO.'S, X16 &. I8 South High St., AND TAKE A LOOK AT THEIR STOCK LOOKING GLASSES to suit all tattei, from twenty-cents to $110.00. Also, Easy, Rocking, and Faney Chairs, Parlor, ChaniWr, and Diuing Setts, Marble Top Tables, Fancy Work, Muaio, and Gent's Toilet Stands, and a vari-ty of articles suitable for presents. deel7-d8t AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO. (South-east Corner Main and Fourth Streets) CINCINNATI, OHIO. nNGUAVEDIN A STYLEORRESPONPINGItf "EX I.J cellnnro to that of Rank Notes, Railroad and Count j Doiidn, IlillB of Exchantre. Checks Drafts. Certiflcatea ol dock attr iepoit, Meals, Carda, Ac.,, Ac. i no atiovn omce is under the superTiflion or ept.17.dly GK0. T. JONES CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S PnESENTB. A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF VALUA- li. ble and IntereKtlng Htmka. sn tah e for Chr smaa aud new lear a l'resonta for Children and Youth. For sale, with a variety of valuable TluoWleel and other wurka, very low, over the Clothing Stare, No. 1)9 nign street. . dec2l-dtd FANCY DRESS SILKS AT A Groat Heduotioii.. Our Immenae stock now being ofloreil at unusually low prices. . PETER BAIN, maynnov2t No. 21, South HlghBt MERCHANT TAILOR. HAS Removed to the North. East Corner of High and Town Street. AVING LOCATED AT THS ABOVE STAND, I will be haunr to aee mr old cu-itomers and friends. as I have been adding largely to my stuck of goods, and am prepared to make to order, oo short ootice, clothing as good and cheap at any eetablisment In the city. As I have adopted the cash system, I shill expect to give cash buyers the advantage of small profits. I keep the "Golden UillShirta," also an assortment of all kinds of furnishing goods for Gent's wear. p. R0SK. mayldlyocta novW l;iflauwly , GOODALE RESTAURANT The nnderaigned have taken the rooms un der the Goodale House, where will be found, hereafter, aerved np in good atyle, the beat eatable the market af- rorda. Also, good Liquor, and Cigars. In ahort, the Propria" toia mean te keep a first-class Restaurant, dec 46m 1CHERINGEB HUDSON. ihII.Stt(it.l,lSSrF saw A rorler. n COLUMBUS. OHIO. MUSIC. ETC Marshall, James & Traver's PREMIUM. PIANOS ri'HBSK PIANOS IKE UNSURPASSED, fclAHt V and VOLUMK of TONB ; KLEGANCK and BKAUTVof 6TVLK ; IlUR BI LITT of MEIJII A NI8M, miih DELICACY OF TOUCH and promptnessof ACTION. This "Patent Repeating Gran I Action" la pronounced by the boatjudgea to be the IMPROVEMENT OF TUB AGE in Piano Forte making. AU Pianot sKHTaa'ed1 to git, p-feci mlufactio or the menim refunded. Addreaa K. L. TBAVEB, Agent, 8TEINWAY 3ei3olSrsf 1ST PRIZE GOLD MEDAL NANOS. 1IIAVE NOW THE AGENCYOF THK8B CELEBRATED PIAMOS. JrH.BV P0SKE,S REMARKABLE CLBARNESS, d " r. a i .i n.Oi?, naibLlAflUI ANLIVOLUMKOKTONK, Ann auu iirtirn dualities DESIRABLE IN FIRST CLASS INSTRUMENT. Ml PutHoe mrrunted for three yean. Written guarantee BiTr.iDiii.ipiiKt. auuress fti. L. TltA V KH. Ag t, aug7-dlywly-lteam CoLDnau., O. KN ABE'S GOLD .MEDAL TIANOS THE BEST AND MOST PnPITI.llI HI, X AN0.S made in this country are from the extensive ui. gru uiaieo manuiactory ut Win. Knabe & Co., of Baltimore. They are the only Piano Fortes that dare issne dial .ciiga in m. wuriu lor Volume, eveuess and brilliancy of tone, elas iicity oi iouod aau aurabilitj: To be bad only of ' . SELTZER A WEBSTER, jug7-apr2l-novla-dlyla Sole Agents, CHICKERING PIANOS. All Styles and Prices. They havo rrreived 40 Prize Mo dials And hnvtv inude fttid old over 2 3,0 Op INSTRUMENTS. si v iiiaviuuicms IWTV Ull lilt Real Improvements of the Age, And are, beyond compariaon, the Finest Pianos in the World. Particular attention la requested to SEVERAL NEW 8TVL.ES. J. 0. WOODS, Bote Agent for Central Ohio. dec24 59 Buckeye Block, Broad Street, Coltimliui. GIFTS I GIFTS I GIFTS I FOR THE UOLIDATS, AT THE NEW GIFT BOOK STORE, iNUW Ul'KNlKU AT No. 13 HlKh St., between Town and Ktch ia.t m icw aoors teutnof the U. 8. Hotel WHKKB CAB BE FOUND THE DEST ever offered in this way. . v collection oi otauanra and Allseellannon. II, w Special attention Is calle '. to our vorv large assortment of Rich and Elegantly Hound Books In almost ever style of Binding Intended ai Gift Books for Holidays aud for 1,11 TMUU.. The books are all new and warranted perfect. Book and Gold Watch for 1 00 Book and Silver Watch for ', J oo Book and Gold Chain for 1 09 Book ahd Gold Locket for '.' 1 00 Bonk and Gold Pencil for . 00 Book and Gold Pen for i oo Gold Pina, Pens, Rings, 8ets of Jewelry. and Ten Thousand other articles of value will be given away to our cuatomera, and the books sold at the same pricea, or lower than at other stores. Tiile la no humbug, Genuine Gift Book Sale. ana warranted lo no pernjetly sntlsfaetory to all. The ioc is an new, ami comprises the largest aud best so ivuwu aJMoritnem oi nooas ever ottered in this tay. 10,000 VOLUMES of Choice Books on every sulject, and 10,000 worth of Jewelry, To be given to the purchasers of them at time of ealo CALL AND EXAMINE OUR PLAN. dei-21-rttf SL0CUM A CO. HOLIDAYS! FANCIES! OUCH AS YOU DESIRE FOR YOUR U II us band Such as are useful for your Wife. Such s you need for " the one yon lovo best J" Such as your Daughter will delight to have. Sucn as your sister will thank you for. Such as will please the " Blessed Baby!" Such as are suitable for all. vou mav flml in v.ri... and at prlees to suit you, in my now stock of CHAINS, JEWELRY, fILVKR WARE, PLATED Gfinria and general assortment of fancy and ueu nrticles. WM, BLVNN, i!ec.60 to janl-61. No. 10 Buckeye Block. Supplies for the Ohio Penitentiary.OrritiK Ohio Pekitentiabt, 1 Columbus, Dec. 17, lsiitl. J CEALED PROPOSALS WILL HE UK- O ceived at ihe Oflice of the Ohio Penitentiary m,HI 19 o'clock on Monday, the 3tst inat., for furnishing this Institution with , 000 pounds fresh Beef, to he delivered in the tour ousrters, each week ill equal proporti-ius. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, from Junimrv mil, t July 10th, 1801. The Beef to be of good quality, from cattle weighing not less than 600 pounds nt, and subject to the Inspection of the VYardrn, or hii officer appointed iui turn iurpui,e. The quantity to be increased or diminished as the Warden may direct. Also for the delivery of 300 hbls of Pork cnntnlnlng 200 lbs weighed in, 150 bids nrime. ami in l) hhi. mess, to be put up from corn-fed Hogs, and to be packed with Liverpool or New York cosrse salt, and to be deliv. ! erea ny ine 1st or February, 18H1. Payable on delivery by drafts on the Treasury. Also for 5,000 hiiDhela good sound merchantable corn In the ear, calling 70 lbs a bushel. Corn to be delivered during tiio montha of January aud February. Bida will be entertained fur 500 bushels and upwards. For further particulars inquire at the office previous to day of letting. JOHN A. PRENTICE, . . dec20-did Warden. COMMERCIAL COLUMBUS, COLLEGE. OHIO, CAm?ENTEIl IIALIj. THE COURSE OF STUDV embraces Single and Don-ble Entry Book Keeping as applied to over tifty different branches of tradu, and is the most practical giveu in tbe weBt, Plain and Ornamental Writing, Commercial Ca'culationa and Arithmetic, and all the va rious requisites to a complete business education, Terms. Tuition. t40. Board from J2.60 to $3.00 per week. Books and Stationery, 85 to 87. Total -cost about 76. NO VACATION the year round. Regular Students review at pleasure. For full particulars, address , McOOY CO., lebM-'GOd A wlj seplS Proprietor LAND IN MISSOURI! 7Kf AIW1 ACRES FOR SALE IS I O J , U U 1 large or small tracts at 12lc to 60c per acre. Choice farming lands at 36o per acre, all expeuses included. Send for Map and particulars, inclosing atamp, to the Western Land Agency Office, (established 1850) of S, E. J3ILTJR0TJGH, & CO.,- North-West corner of Third and Chesout Streets, St. Louis, Missouri. Patents securtd and Taxes paid for no a -resi den ts, Land warrants located, Ac. EKrrit to GHA8. KKKMLE, Kq., County Recorder, Bt. Louis county, or CtiAS. EVE KT3, Ettq. , Cashier of Mechanic1! Bank, 8t. Louis, Missouri. aufc2-dAwly SAVE YOUR MOSEY. I AM NOW RECEIVING SUBSCRIPTIONS for all the Msgasines and Literary papers in the country and out of it; among the former, the Corn bill, Temple Bar, The Atlantic, Harper, Godey, Peterson, Knickerbocker, Eclectic, Blackwood, the British Quarterlies, Ac, Ac. Subscribers can get them EARLIKR, CHEAPER, and free of Postago, by sending their Sub scriptions through me. BlUHAKll ai.sjiui, deolt-dlm 17 Stale Street. TUESDAY MORNING. Ohio 5tate gtwruaL COliTJMBTJS: Tateaday MornlHar, - ' Dee. 9,5, I860 NOBODY'S STORY. He lived on tbe bank of mighty river, broad and deep, which wai alwayi silently rolling oo to vast undiscovered ocean. It bad rolled on, ever lince the world began. It had changed its oourae lomelimea, and turned into new channels, leaving iu old ways, dry and barren ; but it bad ever been upon tbe flow, and ever was to flow until time shall be no more. Against its strong, unfathomable stream nothing made head. No living creature, no flower, no leaf, no particle of animate or iuanimale existence, ever strayed buck from the undiscovered ocean. The tide of the river set resistlessly towards it; and the tide never stopped, anv more than the earth stops in its circling round the sun. He lived in a busy place, and he worked very bard to live. He bad no hope of ever being rich enough to live a mouth without bard work, but he was quits content, Qod knows, to labor with a cheerful will. IIo was one of an immense family, all of whose sons and daughters gained their daily bread by daily work, prolonged from their rising up betimes until ibeir lying down at niht.jBeyond this destiny he had no prospect, and be sought none. There was over-much drumming, trumpeting, and speech-making in the neighborhood where he dwell; but be hud nothing to do with that. Such clash and uproar cams from the Bigwig family, at the unaccountable proceedings of which race he marvelled much. They set up Ihe strongest statues, in iron, marble, bronze, and brans, before his door and darkened his house with the less and tails of unoouth images of horses. He wondered what it all meant, smiled in a rough good-humored way he bad, and kept at his hard work. The Bigwig family (composed of all tbe noi siest ) bad undertaken to save him the trouble of thinking for himself, and to mauage htm and his affairs. "Why truly," said be, " I have little time upon my bands; and if you will be so good as to take care of me in return for the money 1 pay over" for the Bigwig family were not above his money "I shall be relieved and much obliged considering that you know best." Hence the drumming, trumpeting, and speech-making, and the ugly images of horses which he was expected to fall down and worship. "I don t understand nil this, said he, rubbing bis furrowed brow confusedly. "But it luu a meaning, maybe, if I could find it out." "It means," returning the Bigwig family, suspecting something of what be said, "honor and glory in the highest, to the highest merit." "unr said ne. And he was triad to hear that. But when he looked among tbe imatres in iron, marble, bronie, and brass, be failed to find a rather meritorous countryman of bis, once the son of a Warwickshire wool-dealer, or any sin-, clo countryman whomsoever, of that kind. He could find none of the men whose knowledge had rescued him and hia children from terrilio and disfiguring disease, whose boldness has eaised his forefathers from the condition of serrx, whose wise fancy had opened a new and high existence lo the humblest, whose skill had filled the working man's world with accumulated wounbrs. Whereas, he did find others whom be knew no good of, and even others whom he knew much ill of. "Humph 1" said he. "I don't quite under stand it." So, he went home, and sat down by his fire side to get it o.ut of his mind. Mow, bis hre-Hitle was a bare one. all hemmed in by blackened streets; but it was a precious place to him. His children, stunted in their growth ,borti races of unwhokiomo ni l ur,; but llicy bad beauty in his sight, Above all other things, it was an earnest desire of this man's soul that his children should be taught. "If I am Bomotimes misled," said he, "for want of knowledge, at least let them know bettor, and avoid my mistakes. If it is bard to me to reap tbe harvest ot pleasure and instruction tbat is stored in books, let it be easier to them," But the Bigwig family broke into violent family quarrels concerning what it was lawful to teach to this man's children. Some of the family insisted on such a thing being primary and indispensable above all other things ; and others of the family insisted on another thing being primary and indispensable.above all other things; and the Bigwig family, rent into fuc- tious, wrote pamphlets, held convocations, delivered charges, orations, and all varieties of discourses; impoundod one another in courts Lay and courts Ecclesiastical; threw dirt, ex changed ptimraelings, and fell together by tbe ears in unintelligible animosity. Meauwhtle, this man, in bis short evening snatches at bis nre-side, saw the demon Ignorauce arise there, and lake his children to itself. He saw bis daughter perverted into a heavy, slatternly drudge; be saw his son go moping down the ways ol low sensuality, to brutality and crime; he saw Ihe dawning light of intelligence in the eyes of bis babies so changing into cunning and tispicion, that bo could have rather wished them idiots. " I don't understand this any the better," said lie ; " but 1 think it cannot be right. Nuy, by the clouded Heaven above me, I protest against tins as my wrong! Becoming peuceable again (for bis passion was usually short-lived, and bis nature kind) lie looKea about mm on bis Sundays and holi. dayB, and he saw how much monotony and weariness there was, and thence how drunkenness arose with all its tram of ruin. Then he ap pealed to the Bigwig family and said, "We are a laboring people, and 1 have a glimmering sus picion in me tbat laboring people of whatever condition were made by a higher intelligence than yours, as I poorly understand it lo be need of mental refreshment and reoreation. See what we fall into when we rest without it Cornel Amuse me harmlessly, show me some thing, give me an escape! But here the Bit wig family fell into a state of uproar ansolulely deafening, n hen some few voices were faintly heard, proposing to show him tbe wonders of the world, the greatness of crea lion, Ihe mighty changes of time, the workings of nature and the beauties of art to show him these things, that is to say at any period of bis life when lie could look upon them there arose among tbe Bigwigs such a roaring and raving, such pulpiting and petitioning, such maundering and memorialising, such name-calling and dirt-throwing, such a shrill wind of parliamen tary questioning and feeble replying where "I dare not" waited on "I would " that the poor fellow stood aghast, staring wildly Around. ' "Have I provoked all this,.'' said be, with his hands to his affrighted ears, "by what was meant to be an innocent request, plainly arising out of my familiar experience, and Ihe oomtnon knowledge of all men who choose to open tbeir eyes? I don't understand, and I am not understood. What is to come of such things?" ' He was bending over his word, often asking himself the question, when the news began to spread that a pestilence had appeared among the laborers, and was slaying th?m by thousands. Going forth to look about him, he soon found this to be true. The dying and Ihe dead were mingled in the close and tainted houses among which his life was passed. New poison was distilled into the always murky, always sicken ing air. Ibe robust and the weak, old age and infancy, the father and the mother, all were stricken down alike. What means of fight had be? He remained where he was, and saw those who were dearest to him die. A kind preacher came to him. and would have said some prayers to soften his heart in bis gloom, but he replied : "0 wbat avails it, missionary, lo oometo me. a man eondemed to residence in this foetid place, where every sense becomes a torment, and where every minute of my numbered days is new mire added lo the heap under which I lie oppressed! Bat give me my first glimpse of DECEMBER 25. I860. Heaven, through a little of ita light and sin give me pure water, help ma to be olean; lighten ibis heavy atmosthere and heavy life, in which our spirits sink, and we become the in different and .callous creatures you loo often see us; gently and kindly take the bodies of those who die among us, out of the small room where we grow to be so familiar with the awful change that even its sanctity is lost to us; and, Teacher, then I will hear none know better than you, how willingly of Him whose thoughts were so much with the poor, and who had compassion for all human sorrow I" He was at his work again, solitary and sad, .when his Master earns and stood near to him, dressed in black. He, also,- had suffered heavily. His young wife, his beautiful and good young wife, was dead; so too, his only child, g ."Master, 'tis bard lo hard to bear I know it but be comforted. I would give you comfort if I could. The Master thanked him from his heart, but said he, "0 you laboring men I Tbe calamity began among you. If you had but lived more healthily and decently, 1 should not be the widowed and bereft mourner that I am this day." "Master," returned the ether, shaking bis head, ' I have begun to understand a little that most calamities will come from us, as this one did, and that none will stop at our poor doors, until we are united with that great squabbling amity yonaer, to ao tne things that are right-We cannot live healthily and deoeutly, unless they who understood to manage us provided the means. We cannot be instructed, unless they will teach us; we cannot be rationally amused, unless they will amuse us; we cannot but have some false gods of our own, while they set up so many of theirs in all the publio places. The evil consequence of imperfect instruction, the evil cousequenoes of pernioious neglect, the evil consequences of unnatural restraint and the denial of humanizing enjoyments, will all come from us, and none of them will stop with ns. They will spread far and wide. Tbey always do, they always have done just like the pestilence. I understand so much, I think, at last." But Ihe Master said again, "0 you laboring men ! how seldom do we ever bear of you, except in conneotion with some trouble!" "Master." he replied, "I am Nobody, and little likely lo be heard of (nor yet much wanted to be beard of perhaps), except when there is some trouble. But it never begios wiLh me, and il can never end with me. As sure as Death, it comes down to me, and it goes up from me." There was so much reason in what he an!,l thai the Bigwiw family, getting wind of it, and being horribly frightened by tbe late desolation, resolved to unite with him to do Ihe things that were right at all events, so far as the said things were asso ciated with Ihe direct prevention, humanly speaking, of another pestilence. But, as their iear wore on, which It soon began to do, they resumed Ibeir falling outamong themselves, and did nothing. Consequently the soourge appeared again low down as before, and spread avengingly upward as before, and carried off vast numbers or tbe brawlers. But not a man among them ever admitted, if in tbe least de. gree he ever perceived, that he had anything to UU WllU 11. So Nobody lived and died in the old, old, old way ; and this, in tbe main, is the whole of No body s story. Had be no name, vou ask ? Perhans it was Legion. It matters little what his name was. Let us call him Legion. If you were ever in the Belgian villages near tne neiu oi Waterloo, you will have seen, .in some quiet little church, a monument erected by faithful companions in arms to the memory of uoiouet a, major u, usptains C, V and E, Lieu tenants F and Q, Ensigns M. I and J. seven nnn-commissioned officers, and one hundred and thirty rank and file, who fell i t the discharge of I heir duty on the memorable day. The story of nuuouy is tne story or the rank and file of the eartn. Ahey bear their share of the battle they have their part in the victory; they fall : they leave no name but in the mass. The march of tbo proudest of us leads to the dusty way by wnicn tncy go. ui Let us think of them this year at tbe Christmas fire, and not forget them when it is burnt out. I The Country Press on Crisis. We continue our extraots from the editorials of country exchanges on the crisis. From an article entitled "More Compromises," in the last number of the Circleville Herald, we make the subjoined extracts: We observe that many of the so-called conser vative Southern popers, as well as hundreds of journals in the North, are urging upon the peo- iiu me necessity or maKing some further 'Compromise," to satisfy the insatiable maw of Ihe monster, Slavory. Some are for having the l'ersonul Liberty bills of the four States l.iat have already passed them, repealed; and desire that Congress should make a law to protect slave property in Ihe territories which are now free. This would concede the right of any slaveholder to carry his slaves into any one of the territories of ihe United Steles, and hold them there, thus virtually nationa izing slavery. , The principle of freedom as to the federal territories has been affirmed time and again by a majority of the American people, through the ballot-box, and it will never be abrogated by the dictation of a few Slavery propagandists. 'It was dntinciated "long ago by Washington, Jefferson, Clay and Webster, and never should be relinquished. The North oould with muoh more propriety demand that the South should recognize the right of freedom of speech, and take away the barriers that obstruct the freedom rf the press. Would it not be a glorious idea for the millions of Northern freemen, who are anti-slavory in sentiment, to back down from their openly declared principles, and give tip to a few thousand Southern gentlemen, (i. . Slave driven), in order to keep old Toombs and the fanatio Wise in the Union for a year or two longer? Tbe Eaton Regiiter has the following, irtiole on "Pacification : " The Committee of thirty-three, to which was referred the unpleasant task of bolstering up tbe Union, have, as yet, done nothina. The compromises must be all one sided before they can be agreed on, the North giving, and the bouth taking all. All the amicable speeches, it tne concessions must come from the North wiiua tne coma sianus oy as u Dolly, saying wnai may, ana wnat may not oe Uone or "we II secede. As it has always been, the North is expected to yield all. She is expected' not only to pawn away her rights, but her manhood also. She is expected to come crouching on her knees to the indignant, spurning South, and ask forgiveness of her majeBty for being free, and act ing ireciy. les, she is expected lo apologize earnestly because that people loves Freedom and hates Slavery. She is expected to act the craven, because that people has cast an earnest, intelligent vote against the spread of human cnattolism, Ay 'the is expected lo bumblv crave pardon for oe.ng powerful, and for using ner power in a legitimate manner. In a word, she is aesired to undo herself, lo sink her identity, te deny her existence, and to become a watch-whelp for her tyrant master, whining piteously under stripes, and then obsequiously licking tbe hand Which inrlicts tbem. (Jut upon such a pacification I Out upon the paltry time-servers (if such there be) who would dare to o stultify, so emasculate the North! Out upon the craven spirit, that would thus barter awty liberty and manhood, and truth and the right, for a tyrant's peace. We want no peace, if it must come through submission and chains. Is it possible that tbe freemen of this nation will ever consent to deny themselves the right to liberty of thought word and deed, in order lo pacify a few slave drivers? We hope not. We do earnestly hope that no one right will be yielded upon any consideration. . Our freedom in all respects, must remain intact, though it be at the price of uissoiution, or even or civil war. Certainly, w. wnnM rather die freemen, than live slaves. "A Msssisqee or PeaciI" Tbe telegraph reports that a "spontaneous'' meeting of the "luosiamiar citizens of Buffalo was held on tbe 1 Jth for the purpose of requesting Hon. Mil lard Fillmore to proceed lo tbe State of South Carolina as a "mettenger of peace T' What these "spontaneous ' gentlemen desired Mr. Fillmore to say to the law-defiers of South Carolina is not reported; but as the Cocktails are asserting that the day for "compromising" is passed a fact we are happy to learn, as all compromises have been simply a cowardly surrender vu our part to aggressions we suppose he will have to narrow down bis negotiations to begging that, while 'hy are permitted to do just as they please, they will not please to reduoe to "owner ship tbe white citizens of tbe North Thia. just now, appears to be the only thing left for us to pray lor. l hey demand and all "spon. taneous gentlemen in the North are ready to yieia tne right lo revise our Slate Legislation, tbe right lo reduoe to slavery all free territory of Ibe country, the right to overrun tbe North ern States "temporal ily' with slavery, the right to open up tbe African slave nirec.v. the right to seleol the man for whom we may vote for President; now, let this "messenger of f'caco arp aown. on nis Knees to these modest aw defiers and petition tbem to spare us the ngnt ui owner8nip in ourselves. He may bave to beg movingly for Ibis boon, and may have to yield it tor tbe sake of peaoe; but let us hope that the antecedents of Mr. Fillmore will render turn a successful mendicant in this behalf. J"iia Torchlight. In speaking of the Union Saving Meetings in the Eastern cities, the Urbana Citizen and Gazette says : The man who can look over the political history of Ibis country fur Ihe past twenty years, and see nothing but Northern aggression upon tne eouin, is either a knave or a fool. We do not claim tbat tbe North is entirely faultless in this regard, but we do claim that sbo has been moresinned against than sinning, and if weighed in the balance with the South would not be found wanting. The slave power has ruled this government for Ihe Inst forty years the country has been involved in bloody and expensive wars to satiate its inordinate cravings compromises which were regarded as sacred for thirty years have been abrogated loopen the way for its ex- l.n.inn mnA . t . .1. 1 . l . i mow, luiecuiu, wueu toe norm, jealous of ber rights and the invasion of her interests, interposes to prevent Ihe extension of the "peculiar institution" into territory consecrated to Freedom, we are met with the cry of secession and disunion from the South I And the North is asked to humble itself at the feet of the South, and let slavery hnve free oourse nnd be glorified, to save the Union! Wo betide the Northern statesman who shall favor or sanction any such remedy I If that is the only panacea that can save the Union, we have but little hopes for its salvation. The following we subjoin from 'the Perrjs-burg Journal: The telegraph has already apprised us of the appointment of a "Pacification Committee," by tbe Lower House of Congress, and of the sentiments expressed by certain members of it, in favor of reconstructing the Missouri Compromise line. Before acceding lo this measure, however, il is asked of the North, by the South, that the former pledge herself to carry out all the provisions of the Fugitive Slave act, grant slaveholders the right of transit through the free States with their negro slaves, acknowledge theight of promotion to slave property in all thejcompion territories, and in short, make slavery national and freedom sectional. Such, we take it, is the basis upon which the Southern pacificators wish to re-establish a compromise line. r If the experienoe of the past is anv criterion. the measure indicated would be the most fatal ever placed upon record, and alike inconsistent ana repugnant to the feeling, liberty and welfare of a large majority of Ihe people of this confederacy. As proposed, it can never be effected. The perfidious repudiation of the Northern share of the Compromise of 1820 by an almost united Southern vote, aided by a few Northern doughfaces, and Ihe gross violation of the peaoe measures of 1850, by the renewal of agitation in 1854 even if wo were to bave our rights properly recognized has rendered all further transactions in that line next thing to impossible. This we believe to be the sentiments of the great mnjority the highest judges of the nation. In this connection we have to say, we heartily approve the course of our able Representative, Mr. Ashley, in voting against the appointment of the Committee, for we believe that it is only an expense lo Ihe government without the slightest prospect of curing the sore. LUDWIO UHLAND BY BAYARD TAYLOR. - Of all living German poets, Uhland is perhaps best known beyond Ihe limits of bis naive country. He is nol, therefore, necessarily Ihe greatest; for in the higher qualities of passion and imagination he is surpassed by Ruckert, while in vigor Freiligrath is bis superior. Neither of these poets, however, approaches Uhland in those qualities of simplicity, sweetness and quaint tender fatcy, which have made him so popular, even with those who know bim only through translations. Few English poems have had a wider circulation among us than hia "Crossing tne Ferry," commencing: "Many a year is in Its grave. Since I crossed this restleesi wave.' or, "The Castle by the Sea," in Longfellow's version. In uermany no poet has written such a number of songs and ballads, which have been taken at once to the heart ot the people, and have become the commonest household words of Song. Uhland is a popular poet, in the best sense of the word. Tender, true, loyal to his fatherland, full of all noble and generous inspirations, he has written no line which can possibly be perverted to exercise other than a good influence. In this rcspeet, as well as in the consistency and integrity of his life, he strongly resembles our own liryant. Uhland was born in 1787, in the little town of Tuebingen, in Wurtemberg, where he now lives. He studied jurisprudence, and resided for a while in 8tuttgard, where be was several times elected a member of tbe Constitutional Assembly, always heartily oo-operaling with the liberal and progressive party. Many of his political lyrics breathe a bold and ardent, spirit of freedom. I scarcely know a bolder or more manly uttrnnoe than that song of his, which every German student sings. . "If now a soul from heaven descended. At once a hero and a bard." He soon withdrew from active life, and burying himself in bis beloved Tubingen,- devoted bis days to poetry. In 1848, only, his repose was broken. He was chosen to the Germau Parliament at Frankfort, where he resumed hia old place, on the extreme Left, and spoke good words for German Unity and German Freedom. He has amply proved his political kinshiD in tbe poets of Suabia lo Schiller, and Scbuberi and Hatiff. The first German book which I ever attemnl- ed to read, was Ublaud's Poems. Before I bad been a week in Heidulborg, and while I was still unable lo ask for a clean towel, I had read "ine Blind King - and "Lilt e Ko and ." The delight wnicn these poems gave me, lightened the study of ihe language, and I did not stop until I had mastered tbe book from betrinnintr to end. I was anxious lo know something about the poet whom I had thus learned to love, but those who bad seen him described hitn to me as dry, silent, nngenial old man. in whom no trace of the poetio character could be discerned- Aevertneiess, idetermined ihatl would visithim n the course of mv three months' walk through Germany; but when I reached 8tuttgard, toward the elose of the trip, with twenty oentt in my NUMBER 157. jocket, and fifty miles yet lo be traversed, and he bottles of tbe clouds emptied upon my head, set my teeth together, looked at tbe statue of ' hiller, and started for Heideberg through the iain. . . . t , , Seven years afterward, on my way from Con-ajantinople to England, I found myself in Wnr- imberg. I had not much time to spare, but the i flection came: I may never be to near to Uh-Und again: he it an old man, and if I fail te v, sit bim now, I may repeat it all my life. So I s opped for the night at Stuttgard, and booked iiiyself for the diligence which started at dawn (it Tubingen. It was a tiresome, dreary ride over the windy u.ilands. In the gloomy autumn day, the eold Il -Ids and dark woods of pine exercised a de-p essing influence upon me, and I began to wish i- yself back again. Tbe only other passenger w s a young man, who was completely absorbed i, his own thoughts, which he wrote front time I' lime in a note-book, as well as tbe shaking d ligence allowed. I was curious enough to s ,al a glance now and then, and discovered t hI he was composing a poem, "right out of his In id," as the country people say. During the r: e of six bourg be produced three stanzas, of ei ;bt lines eaoh, and alighted in Tubigen with a. air of great exhaustion. I wish I knew who fa. was: I even wish (I am ashamed to say) tit it I had spied out tbe title of tbe poem, that I loight bave the pleasure of ransaokingmodel-, German literature to find ill ! 'ubingen is a quaint little place, on the side of a hill, overlooking the valley of the Neckar. B ; I bad not come to see the town. My first bminess was to write a note to Uhland, stating w o and what I was, and why I wanted to see hi i. Having dispatched this by a servant of lb hotel, (who, I thought, seemed a little turpi ed, and spoke of Uhland as coolly as if he lis . been a shoemaker,) I lay down on my bed lo t.wait tbe result. In half an hour tbe man ca ,ie back, stating tbat Herr Uhland would recti ve me immediately; and he thereupon ao- co paniea me to the poet s residence. t was ushered into a bare little library, lighted by a single window. It resembled, in foot, a I . wyer's office much more than a poet's sane-lu. . A side-door opened and Uhland entered, lid shook hands with a manner which was) bent jolent rather than cordial, and invited me to a ' 1 aat on the sofa. After the usual oommon-pluces, he conversed very pleasantly. I found, at knee, that he was thoroughly simple and unobtrusive, yet cheerful and kindly anything bt.' dry and cynical, as he bad been represented. I is stature is small and bis figure slight. The sin alders stoop a little, which makes him ap-pe r older than he really is. His faoej Is tbi i , aud muoh wrinkled about tbe mouth and v$ i but the eyes themselves are soft, clear ai. i blue, with Ihe same fresh, youthful char-aci. r which I found in those of Humboldt. His no i it prominent and full of eharaoter, bit foi head high and finely modeled, andbis soanty h' once blond, is now silver white. The form of 'tis bead has much resemblance to that of B:- iynt, but he lacks thesplendid Homerio beard of ibe latter. asked bim whether be bad written any po ms recently whether we might not expect so'iething more from him. "I would not swear," he laid, "that I will never write any more; but I have never yet written except from the n-tilj, of expression. Whether that necessity will co e again, is a thing which I cannot foresee, In.' it is certainly less active now than in my yornger years." He then went on to speak, wit 4 great frankness, of his own works, not oo . oealing his satisfaction at tbeir popularity, ye( noteleted thereby, for they were evidently wi ' .ten for himself, first, and the effeot which Ih might produce on others was a seoondary co lideration. ' fter an hour spent in pleasant talk, I rose lo la'! leave, and then ventured to ask for his uaiue, as a souvenir of my visit. He wrote upon a b'.ip of paper: "An inhabitant of the Suabian Lo d to the wanderer from tbe Orient," signed, an. gave it to me, with a friendly invitation to vib.t bim again. As I returned to the hotel the rath began to fall, so I kept within doort all ev aing, and at midnight took a return dilli-ge ,;e to Stuttgard. So that all I saw in Tubin-ge i was the poet Uhland. 1 ere is a tender little song of his, which hat nol heeen translated : TO TBE NAMELESS ONE. ' Oh, would that I was standing Upon a mountaiu'a crown, With thee on vales and forests, - With thee, love, love, looktug down: There all around I'd show thee The world, in morning's sHne, And say : if it were mine, love, So were it mine and thine I And In my heart's deep valleys Couldst thou but thus look down, Where all tbe songs are sleeping . . Qod sent, my lite to crowu The truth I cannot utter There might thy dear BTm aea ? Each hope and each achievement Received Its life from theel B. T. Piirlonino Statu Sbcrkts. The London cor-r'lipondent of the New Orleans Delta avers that (( 5 seoreisof the confereuoe of kings at Warsaw vera obtained for the Frenoh Emperor by a triok I tyed upon the Emperor of Austria, which it tl'tiis explained: "It is related that tbe Emperor and suite, In II e oarriaget, and an escort, arrived after thee (' ys and nights traveling, at a lovelv little vil li re of Stgria, being received bv the Herr Bur- ijimeister nnd all the little fry of bureaucracy i next thing to bended knees. The Emperor Id- them be was glad to see them, but they .ed not trouble themselves to read tbe address congratulation to him for he was confoundedly ingry and wanted breakfast. The best rooms ' the one solitary little inn had been taken by i Englishman, and it was afterward found at he had done the same thing through fifty iles of oountry, so that h was prepared at all e inns for a traveling hungry Emperor on his ay back. The courteous stranger, of course,, implied with tbe request of mine host, and was o glad to accommodate the Emperor. Duriug e repast, however, he was admitted to Ihe j-droom by mine host on some pretense for 1 1 mething he had left there. He did not remain ore than ten minutes, if as much, bnt was s lerward teen no more by the innkeeper; nay r by the police, clever as they are, of the holo kingdom, who were on the alert; for this odern Claude Duval had managed to abstract e small red and gold covered writing desk of lb s Majesty, Ihe bmperor of Austria, wbereia pre contained all the documents which related i j ibe Warsaw meeting; and through, doubtless, nt it one contained a treaty, there must have been f ty whioh let out Ibe whole of the seoret of the i lidertnking which had been mutually come to I f' the three power. This rends like a romance. J" the I t it i s a fact, well vouched for." Ohio Editorial Convention. l, The Editors of Ohio, at their Semi-Annual l Inhering, at Sandusky, last Summer, honored ','iinesviHe. by its designation as Ihe place for (eir next Annual Meeting, which occurs on ednesdoy, the 16th day of Jnnunry. Tbe Convention will meet for business, at one tJ:lock ii I ill. T ' delive J :lock in the afternoon of that day, at Moodey'a The Annual Address and Poem will also . cred at the game hall, at 7 o'clock in the I'ening. The Address by Geo. G. Washburne, Esq., of if e Elyria Democrat. The Poem by J. H. A. Bone, of the Cleveland Ftald. . The social gathering will beat Wilcox's Hall, i'lmediately upon tbe close of the literary exer- see at Moodey'a. n Messrs. Moodey and Wilcox have generously offered the use of their fine Halls. The Head-Quarters of the Fraternity, during i e Convention, will beat the Cowlea House. . The brethren throughout the State may rest i isured that the craft, and other citizens of ' tinesville, will endeavor to make this an w colon pleasantly to be remembered. PaineniU ire. J

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A PBENTICE, Warden N. MERTON, ) THKO. COMHTOCK, v rireotors. - H. E. PARSON8, , Fl R ETFI RE! IFiI ETTT NOW IS THE TIME TO IKSURE TCUS PROPERTY. HAVING ARRANGED ALL OF MY LOSSES, 00-caaioued by die late Neil House Fire, to the full aat-tafact'on of all parties interested, I am still prepared. In like maimer, to protect the Kuildings, Dwelling. Mer chandise. Furniture, Ac, of all peraons, by giving them Policies in as good Insurance Companies as there are in the United States. All persons desiring to Insure their property, are requested to call at my office, In Amhoa' bnildilig, and examine the matter for themselves, before applying elsewhere. Beware of intrusting your Insurance to traveling Agents, as those tympanies which employ Policy Pad-dlt'rs,npi.prierdViy fogiis Concerns. no2l-d'im " B. WILSON, Inaurance'Agent. joliii Bouto cj Co. Miiuui'acturers of Manilla, Cotton, Tarred and Hemp It.. pe, Cotton and Ilomj Packing, Cords, Lines and Twine, in all their variety, and dealers in Onkuni, Anchors, Itlocka, Patent Heine Twine, Main street, one door (South of Front. !I3SI"OI3SrN-ATI, O. marVt-tK'dly E. A. P.. Improved Hiliiard Tallies and COMBINATION CUSHIONS, Protected bt Ultert patent dated Feb. 19, 1866 Oct. 28, 1850 ; Pec. 8, 1857; Jan. 12, 1858; Nov. 10, 1858, and March 20, 1850. MrTho recant Improvements in these tables make them tmitirpassed in the world. Tliev aro now offered to the scientific Billiard players as combining poed with tenth, never bofore obtained in any nilliurd lahle. Manufactory Nos. 05, 07, and ill) Crosby Street . PHKLAN noLLKNDER, my7-dly Hide Manufiictiirer 1 Arrival Xo. 'X for iSfiO. STEWART Sb 8TIMSON, Moi'fihunt Tailors, 138 S-IIIgh St.,(o,pn.ite r.ooiliile House) Culumhus Have received n full minply of FUKS1I AND FASIIItlNAIII.F, FALL AND WINTER GOODS. And aro now ready to wait upon all who may deaire toex. amine their atock. And they especially invite all who wish to supply themselves with A No. 1 COATS, PANTS VESTS ot the best grade of goods, fashionable atyle oi maK.e,nnti a true nt, local! and leave their orders. Term Caia. Aluo on h-ind. Gentlemen's Furni.hinir Goods, such as Shirts, Collars, Nock Ties, Scarfs, Gloves , Undershirts, urawers, c N. It. No goods taken in to make unless our own trim mlngaaroiiBed. aep27tirl.1,'im illy Soiling ctt Cost A PPKAKS TO Kit: VERY FASIIIO A Bi,b, it we are tu judge by the piu'iinla in the alio wlndowa. now we do not propose to sell our goods at cost, but we do propose to sell many goods at less prices than mey ci mi some otuers in tue traae. janlMly GEO. GERK A CO' 3VtTJT"CJA.Xi SAFETY INSURANCE COMPANY. Of Philadelphia. Tins old and reliable: company will iusuro Buildings, Alerehanili.n, Vessels, Cargoes and Freights, and MerchandiBe transported by lind or water, at as reasunnble rates as anv otlier reliable Com pany. JOHN .1. JANNKY, Agent, nviid2m 13 South High Street, Columbus. jBC. DOI1EMUS, Central Machine Carpenter Shop, AND PLANING, SAWING AND General House Furnishing; Establishment. " MANTJFAOTUBER OF DOORS, SASH, BUNDS, &C.&C. ITAVING (IKMOVED FROM HIS OLD ostabllsbment, at Comstockvllle, wcat of the Canal, and having built a new shop of large dimension! on Walnut street, between Rich ami Town streets, one square east ol the Market House, and fitted It up with new machinery capable of turning out the best quality of work on the shortest notice; he would respectfully solicit the FATII.ON'iVGX , OF HIS OLD CUSTOMERS -A-Xxci Otliors WHO WANT WORK DONE WITH NEATNESS AND DISPATCH, To Give Him a Call ! All orders for WORK OF ANT promptly attended to and HOUSE KIND Especially that or Ilouse Building oct27dly INSURANCE. JOHN H. WHEELER, OBIfT FOR HUME, COSTISKXTAC LI. M.asumN, HsceniTT, and Iavina Fiat Ina. Co.1. new lortj M E ttUU A NT a and CITY FIRIof Hart, ord ; SK W YOBKaod UONNK0TICUT MUTUAL LIFB. Offlea, t Ul(h St., gmwaare's Block. ayl'MMly UONK AHDPURE1GII P1TKMTI. The underaigned for many years engaged in tb. Patent viae, preparing leantuony in contested cam, baa re. signed to continue hie profiwlon of securing natents, American and European. Patents obtained on new and nnjuatly t ejected applications foe contingent fees to ha pain wnen in. patents are granted, it desired. Ham. luationa of new inventions from rou.h nencil sketch... to determine their patentability, Bade previous to ap. piyuia .or patents, lor ore dollars. B, W. WUUU,Ut. wall, urenge Co., N. I. novIK dly W. T. & S. D. DAY & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALERS IN PRINTING PRESSES, (BOTH HARD AND P0W2R.) 4nd all kinds of Printing Mate riaig. Ho. 173, ITS. and IT Went Second Bt.. OINOINNA TI. Janlil-diy CIIARLP.O SCOTT, BOOT Sb SHOE MAKBB Broad tHrtt, fietuem Uifk aairnst majri'Rndly.iiAa IITIIOGR4PIIIMO AND Purtraita, Lan Escapes, Show Oards, Maps, Drafts, Notes iwrMiicuiB. ui oiock, iionoe, iMiivr ana nm neaus, mid- nga, e. MIUDLKTDN, STROBRIUOa, o CO. U Walnut Street, (Odd Fellow's fiaildlng.) aepi-WCm Cincinnati, 0. MISSOURI LAND!! RiCi nCU ACRES FOR ALE AT prices running from 12Uc to 60c ter Acre. In any quantities renulred. TAXK9 PAID, and PAT KNTS procured fur purchasers of Land under the Gradual lion Act, PLATS FURNISHED GRATIS by enclosing a postage stamp. For further Information appiy to WUiSU, HAWLISOS aV CO. U. S. and General Land Agentt, 65 CHESTNUT BT., BETWEEN 8d AND 4TII. ST. LOUIS MISSOURI. N. B. LAKI) WARRANTS bought, sold and located. octu .im. S ECHLER & PORTER SOLE AOKMTS FOE LAWRENCE ROLLING MILL, ftJTvSJ otrmlon, Ohio. niaicits IN .-1 p,g Iroa' Bar' 1 m BhMt iron' Jlll.iiaJi5S .KaBJ M'lngs, Nails, Boiler and Plow Slabs k j Hufasid sh.efMrtnjH Steol, Window Glasa,&c. m m JSerlilfr, WABI-kOOMS, No. 54 West Second 8treet . between Walnat and Vine O'aeimlati, Ohio. marSoO-dawly-i.A.B NO. 162 SOUTH HIGH STREET OLD STANDI DODDRIDGE & WHITE, n slaw or NEW FIRM. NEW GOODS, NEW COOKING STOVES, NEW HARDWARE, NEW FURNISHING GOODS New nien newly returned from the east with a large stock of Stoves, Tin Ware, Tinners' atock, Ilouse Furnishing Goods, Japand Ware, 4c, at Wholesale and Re tall. Call and seo us before purchasing elsewhere, for we can sell hnn any other ostahliahmont In the west, and we intend to do it. We have the STEWART COOKING STOVE, the only bouse In the olty that Las It, and we defy any body to town or out of town to show its equal in these particulars: in finish, durability, design, economy of fuel, aud performance. Let us bear from you. gentlemen. W. II. AKIN, no27-dood.1mos . R. A. KMERI. FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS CALL AT IIROTIIEIILIIV, HALM & tO.'S, X16 &. I8 South High St., AND TAKE A LOOK AT THEIR STOCK LOOKING GLASSES to suit all tattei, from twenty-cents to $110.00. Also, Easy, Rocking, and Faney Chairs, Parlor, ChaniWr, and Diuing Setts, Marble Top Tables, Fancy Work, Muaio, and Gent's Toilet Stands, and a vari-ty of articles suitable for presents. deel7-d8t AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO. (South-east Corner Main and Fourth Streets) CINCINNATI, OHIO. nNGUAVEDIN A STYLEORRESPONPINGItf "EX I.J cellnnro to that of Rank Notes, Railroad and Count j Doiidn, IlillB of Exchantre. Checks Drafts. Certiflcatea ol dock attr iepoit, Meals, Carda, Ac.,, Ac. i no atiovn omce is under the superTiflion or ept.17.dly GK0. T. JONES CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S PnESENTB. A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF VALUA- li. ble and IntereKtlng Htmka. sn tah e for Chr smaa aud new lear a l'resonta for Children and Youth. For sale, with a variety of valuable TluoWleel and other wurka, very low, over the Clothing Stare, No. 1)9 nign street. . dec2l-dtd FANCY DRESS SILKS AT A Groat Heduotioii.. Our Immenae stock now being ofloreil at unusually low prices. . PETER BAIN, maynnov2t No. 21, South HlghBt MERCHANT TAILOR. HAS Removed to the North. East Corner of High and Town Street. AVING LOCATED AT THS ABOVE STAND, I will be haunr to aee mr old cu-itomers and friends. as I have been adding largely to my stuck of goods, and am prepared to make to order, oo short ootice, clothing as good and cheap at any eetablisment In the city. As I have adopted the cash system, I shill expect to give cash buyers the advantage of small profits. I keep the "Golden UillShirta," also an assortment of all kinds of furnishing goods for Gent's wear. p. R0SK. mayldlyocta novW l;iflauwly , GOODALE RESTAURANT The nnderaigned have taken the rooms un der the Goodale House, where will be found, hereafter, aerved np in good atyle, the beat eatable the market af- rorda. Also, good Liquor, and Cigars. In ahort, the Propria" toia mean te keep a first-class Restaurant, dec 46m 1CHERINGEB HUDSON. ihII.Stt(it.l,lSSrF saw A rorler. n COLUMBUS. OHIO. MUSIC. ETC Marshall, James & Traver's PREMIUM. PIANOS ri'HBSK PIANOS IKE UNSURPASSED, fclAHt V and VOLUMK of TONB ; KLEGANCK and BKAUTVof 6TVLK ; IlUR BI LITT of MEIJII A NI8M, miih DELICACY OF TOUCH and promptnessof ACTION. This "Patent Repeating Gran I Action" la pronounced by the boatjudgea to be the IMPROVEMENT OF TUB AGE in Piano Forte making. AU Pianot sKHTaa'ed1 to git, p-feci mlufactio or the menim refunded. Addreaa K. L. TBAVEB, Agent, 8TEINWAY 3ei3olSrsf 1ST PRIZE GOLD MEDAL NANOS. 1IIAVE NOW THE AGENCYOF THK8B CELEBRATED PIAMOS. JrH.BV P0SKE,S REMARKABLE CLBARNESS, d " r. a i .i n.Oi?, naibLlAflUI ANLIVOLUMKOKTONK, Ann auu iirtirn dualities DESIRABLE IN FIRST CLASS INSTRUMENT. Ml PutHoe mrrunted for three yean. Written guarantee BiTr.iDiii.ipiiKt. auuress fti. L. TltA V KH. Ag t, aug7-dlywly-lteam CoLDnau., O. KN ABE'S GOLD .MEDAL TIANOS THE BEST AND MOST PnPITI.llI HI, X AN0.S made in this country are from the extensive ui. gru uiaieo manuiactory ut Win. Knabe & Co., of Baltimore. They are the only Piano Fortes that dare issne dial .ciiga in m. wuriu lor Volume, eveuess and brilliancy of tone, elas iicity oi iouod aau aurabilitj: To be bad only of ' . SELTZER A WEBSTER, jug7-apr2l-novla-dlyla Sole Agents, CHICKERING PIANOS. All Styles and Prices. They havo rrreived 40 Prize Mo dials And hnvtv inude fttid old over 2 3,0 Op INSTRUMENTS. si v iiiaviuuicms IWTV Ull lilt Real Improvements of the Age, And are, beyond compariaon, the Finest Pianos in the World. Particular attention la requested to SEVERAL NEW 8TVL.ES. J. 0. WOODS, Bote Agent for Central Ohio. dec24 59 Buckeye Block, Broad Street, Coltimliui. GIFTS I GIFTS I GIFTS I FOR THE UOLIDATS, AT THE NEW GIFT BOOK STORE, iNUW Ul'KNlKU AT No. 13 HlKh St., between Town and Ktch ia.t m icw aoors teutnof the U. 8. Hotel WHKKB CAB BE FOUND THE DEST ever offered in this way. . v collection oi otauanra and Allseellannon. II, w Special attention Is calle '. to our vorv large assortment of Rich and Elegantly Hound Books In almost ever style of Binding Intended ai Gift Books for Holidays aud for 1,11 TMUU.. The books are all new and warranted perfect. Book and Gold Watch for 1 00 Book and Silver Watch for ', J oo Book and Gold Chain for 1 09 Book ahd Gold Locket for '.' 1 00 Bonk and Gold Pencil for . 00 Book and Gold Pen for i oo Gold Pina, Pens, Rings, 8ets of Jewelry. and Ten Thousand other articles of value will be given away to our cuatomera, and the books sold at the same pricea, or lower than at other stores. Tiile la no humbug, Genuine Gift Book Sale. ana warranted lo no pernjetly sntlsfaetory to all. The ioc is an new, ami comprises the largest aud best so ivuwu aJMoritnem oi nooas ever ottered in this tay. 10,000 VOLUMES of Choice Books on every sulject, and 10,000 worth of Jewelry, To be given to the purchasers of them at time of ealo CALL AND EXAMINE OUR PLAN. dei-21-rttf SL0CUM A CO. HOLIDAYS! FANCIES! OUCH AS YOU DESIRE FOR YOUR U II us band Such as are useful for your Wife. Such s you need for " the one yon lovo best J" Such as your Daughter will delight to have. Sucn as your sister will thank you for. Such as will please the " Blessed Baby!" Such as are suitable for all. vou mav flml in v.ri... and at prlees to suit you, in my now stock of CHAINS, JEWELRY, fILVKR WARE, PLATED Gfinria and general assortment of fancy and ueu nrticles. WM, BLVNN, i!ec.60 to janl-61. No. 10 Buckeye Block. Supplies for the Ohio Penitentiary.OrritiK Ohio Pekitentiabt, 1 Columbus, Dec. 17, lsiitl. J CEALED PROPOSALS WILL HE UK- O ceived at ihe Oflice of the Ohio Penitentiary m,HI 19 o'clock on Monday, the 3tst inat., for furnishing this Institution with , 000 pounds fresh Beef, to he delivered in the tour ousrters, each week ill equal proporti-ius. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, from Junimrv mil, t July 10th, 1801. The Beef to be of good quality, from cattle weighing not less than 600 pounds nt, and subject to the Inspection of the VYardrn, or hii officer appointed iui turn iurpui,e. The quantity to be increased or diminished as the Warden may direct. Also for the delivery of 300 hbls of Pork cnntnlnlng 200 lbs weighed in, 150 bids nrime. ami in l) hhi. mess, to be put up from corn-fed Hogs, and to be packed with Liverpool or New York cosrse salt, and to be deliv. ! erea ny ine 1st or February, 18H1. Payable on delivery by drafts on the Treasury. Also for 5,000 hiiDhela good sound merchantable corn In the ear, calling 70 lbs a bushel. Corn to be delivered during tiio montha of January aud February. Bida will be entertained fur 500 bushels and upwards. For further particulars inquire at the office previous to day of letting. JOHN A. PRENTICE, . . dec20-did Warden. COMMERCIAL COLUMBUS, COLLEGE. OHIO, CAm?ENTEIl IIALIj. THE COURSE OF STUDV embraces Single and Don-ble Entry Book Keeping as applied to over tifty different branches of tradu, and is the most practical giveu in tbe weBt, Plain and Ornamental Writing, Commercial Ca'culationa and Arithmetic, and all the va rious requisites to a complete business education, Terms. Tuition. t40. Board from J2.60 to $3.00 per week. Books and Stationery, 85 to 87. Total -cost about 76. NO VACATION the year round. Regular Students review at pleasure. For full particulars, address , McOOY CO., lebM-'GOd A wlj seplS Proprietor LAND IN MISSOURI! 7Kf AIW1 ACRES FOR SALE IS I O J , U U 1 large or small tracts at 12lc to 60c per acre. Choice farming lands at 36o per acre, all expeuses included. Send for Map and particulars, inclosing atamp, to the Western Land Agency Office, (established 1850) of S, E. J3ILTJR0TJGH, & CO.,- North-West corner of Third and Chesout Streets, St. Louis, Missouri. Patents securtd and Taxes paid for no a -resi den ts, Land warrants located, Ac. EKrrit to GHA8. KKKMLE, Kq., County Recorder, Bt. Louis county, or CtiAS. EVE KT3, Ettq. , Cashier of Mechanic1! Bank, 8t. Louis, Missouri. aufc2-dAwly SAVE YOUR MOSEY. I AM NOW RECEIVING SUBSCRIPTIONS for all the Msgasines and Literary papers in the country and out of it; among the former, the Corn bill, Temple Bar, The Atlantic, Harper, Godey, Peterson, Knickerbocker, Eclectic, Blackwood, the British Quarterlies, Ac, Ac. Subscribers can get them EARLIKR, CHEAPER, and free of Postago, by sending their Sub scriptions through me. BlUHAKll ai.sjiui, deolt-dlm 17 Stale Street. TUESDAY MORNING. Ohio 5tate gtwruaL COliTJMBTJS: Tateaday MornlHar, - ' Dee. 9,5, I860 NOBODY'S STORY. He lived on tbe bank of mighty river, broad and deep, which wai alwayi silently rolling oo to vast undiscovered ocean. It bad rolled on, ever lince the world began. It had changed its oourae lomelimea, and turned into new channels, leaving iu old ways, dry and barren ; but it bad ever been upon tbe flow, and ever was to flow until time shall be no more. Against its strong, unfathomable stream nothing made head. No living creature, no flower, no leaf, no particle of animate or iuanimale existence, ever strayed buck from the undiscovered ocean. The tide of the river set resistlessly towards it; and the tide never stopped, anv more than the earth stops in its circling round the sun. He lived in a busy place, and he worked very bard to live. He bad no hope of ever being rich enough to live a mouth without bard work, but he was quits content, Qod knows, to labor with a cheerful will. IIo was one of an immense family, all of whose sons and daughters gained their daily bread by daily work, prolonged from their rising up betimes until ibeir lying down at niht.jBeyond this destiny he had no prospect, and be sought none. There was over-much drumming, trumpeting, and speech-making in the neighborhood where he dwell; but be hud nothing to do with that. Such clash and uproar cams from the Bigwig family, at the unaccountable proceedings of which race he marvelled much. They set up Ihe strongest statues, in iron, marble, bronze, and brans, before his door and darkened his house with the less and tails of unoouth images of horses. He wondered what it all meant, smiled in a rough good-humored way he bad, and kept at his hard work. The Bigwig family (composed of all tbe noi siest ) bad undertaken to save him the trouble of thinking for himself, and to mauage htm and his affairs. "Why truly," said be, " I have little time upon my bands; and if you will be so good as to take care of me in return for the money 1 pay over" for the Bigwig family were not above his money "I shall be relieved and much obliged considering that you know best." Hence the drumming, trumpeting, and speech-making, and the ugly images of horses which he was expected to fall down and worship. "I don t understand nil this, said he, rubbing bis furrowed brow confusedly. "But it luu a meaning, maybe, if I could find it out." "It means," returning the Bigwig family, suspecting something of what be said, "honor and glory in the highest, to the highest merit." "unr said ne. And he was triad to hear that. But when he looked among tbe imatres in iron, marble, bronie, and brass, be failed to find a rather meritorous countryman of bis, once the son of a Warwickshire wool-dealer, or any sin-, clo countryman whomsoever, of that kind. He could find none of the men whose knowledge had rescued him and hia children from terrilio and disfiguring disease, whose boldness has eaised his forefathers from the condition of serrx, whose wise fancy had opened a new and high existence lo the humblest, whose skill had filled the working man's world with accumulated wounbrs. Whereas, he did find others whom be knew no good of, and even others whom he knew much ill of. "Humph 1" said he. "I don't quite under stand it." So, he went home, and sat down by his fire side to get it o.ut of his mind. Mow, bis hre-Hitle was a bare one. all hemmed in by blackened streets; but it was a precious place to him. His children, stunted in their growth ,borti races of unwhokiomo ni l ur,; but llicy bad beauty in his sight, Above all other things, it was an earnest desire of this man's soul that his children should be taught. "If I am Bomotimes misled," said he, "for want of knowledge, at least let them know bettor, and avoid my mistakes. If it is bard to me to reap tbe harvest ot pleasure and instruction tbat is stored in books, let it be easier to them," But the Bigwig family broke into violent family quarrels concerning what it was lawful to teach to this man's children. Some of the family insisted on such a thing being primary and indispensable above all other things ; and others of the family insisted on another thing being primary and indispensable.above all other things; and the Bigwig family, rent into fuc- tious, wrote pamphlets, held convocations, delivered charges, orations, and all varieties of discourses; impoundod one another in courts Lay and courts Ecclesiastical; threw dirt, ex changed ptimraelings, and fell together by tbe ears in unintelligible animosity. Meauwhtle, this man, in bis short evening snatches at bis nre-side, saw the demon Ignorauce arise there, and lake his children to itself. He saw bis daughter perverted into a heavy, slatternly drudge; be saw his son go moping down the ways ol low sensuality, to brutality and crime; he saw Ihe dawning light of intelligence in the eyes of bis babies so changing into cunning and tispicion, that bo could have rather wished them idiots. " I don't understand this any the better," said lie ; " but 1 think it cannot be right. Nuy, by the clouded Heaven above me, I protest against tins as my wrong! Becoming peuceable again (for bis passion was usually short-lived, and bis nature kind) lie looKea about mm on bis Sundays and holi. dayB, and he saw how much monotony and weariness there was, and thence how drunkenness arose with all its tram of ruin. Then he ap pealed to the Bigwig family and said, "We are a laboring people, and 1 have a glimmering sus picion in me tbat laboring people of whatever condition were made by a higher intelligence than yours, as I poorly understand it lo be need of mental refreshment and reoreation. See what we fall into when we rest without it Cornel Amuse me harmlessly, show me some thing, give me an escape! But here the Bit wig family fell into a state of uproar ansolulely deafening, n hen some few voices were faintly heard, proposing to show him tbe wonders of the world, the greatness of crea lion, Ihe mighty changes of time, the workings of nature and the beauties of art to show him these things, that is to say at any period of bis life when lie could look upon them there arose among tbe Bigwigs such a roaring and raving, such pulpiting and petitioning, such maundering and memorialising, such name-calling and dirt-throwing, such a shrill wind of parliamen tary questioning and feeble replying where "I dare not" waited on "I would " that the poor fellow stood aghast, staring wildly Around. ' "Have I provoked all this,.'' said be, with his hands to his affrighted ears, "by what was meant to be an innocent request, plainly arising out of my familiar experience, and Ihe oomtnon knowledge of all men who choose to open tbeir eyes? I don't understand, and I am not understood. What is to come of such things?" ' He was bending over his word, often asking himself the question, when the news began to spread that a pestilence had appeared among the laborers, and was slaying th?m by thousands. Going forth to look about him, he soon found this to be true. The dying and Ihe dead were mingled in the close and tainted houses among which his life was passed. New poison was distilled into the always murky, always sicken ing air. Ibe robust and the weak, old age and infancy, the father and the mother, all were stricken down alike. What means of fight had be? He remained where he was, and saw those who were dearest to him die. A kind preacher came to him. and would have said some prayers to soften his heart in bis gloom, but he replied : "0 wbat avails it, missionary, lo oometo me. a man eondemed to residence in this foetid place, where every sense becomes a torment, and where every minute of my numbered days is new mire added lo the heap under which I lie oppressed! Bat give me my first glimpse of DECEMBER 25. I860. Heaven, through a little of ita light and sin give me pure water, help ma to be olean; lighten ibis heavy atmosthere and heavy life, in which our spirits sink, and we become the in different and .callous creatures you loo often see us; gently and kindly take the bodies of those who die among us, out of the small room where we grow to be so familiar with the awful change that even its sanctity is lost to us; and, Teacher, then I will hear none know better than you, how willingly of Him whose thoughts were so much with the poor, and who had compassion for all human sorrow I" He was at his work again, solitary and sad, .when his Master earns and stood near to him, dressed in black. He, also,- had suffered heavily. His young wife, his beautiful and good young wife, was dead; so too, his only child, g ."Master, 'tis bard lo hard to bear I know it but be comforted. I would give you comfort if I could. The Master thanked him from his heart, but said he, "0 you laboring men I Tbe calamity began among you. If you had but lived more healthily and decently, 1 should not be the widowed and bereft mourner that I am this day." "Master," returned the ether, shaking bis head, ' I have begun to understand a little that most calamities will come from us, as this one did, and that none will stop at our poor doors, until we are united with that great squabbling amity yonaer, to ao tne things that are right-We cannot live healthily and deoeutly, unless they who understood to manage us provided the means. We cannot be instructed, unless they will teach us; we cannot be rationally amused, unless they will amuse us; we cannot but have some false gods of our own, while they set up so many of theirs in all the publio places. The evil consequence of imperfect instruction, the evil cousequenoes of pernioious neglect, the evil consequences of unnatural restraint and the denial of humanizing enjoyments, will all come from us, and none of them will stop with ns. They will spread far and wide. Tbey always do, they always have done just like the pestilence. I understand so much, I think, at last." But Ihe Master said again, "0 you laboring men ! how seldom do we ever bear of you, except in conneotion with some trouble!" "Master." he replied, "I am Nobody, and little likely lo be heard of (nor yet much wanted to be beard of perhaps), except when there is some trouble. But it never begios wiLh me, and il can never end with me. As sure as Death, it comes down to me, and it goes up from me." There was so much reason in what he an!,l thai the Bigwiw family, getting wind of it, and being horribly frightened by tbe late desolation, resolved to unite with him to do Ihe things that were right at all events, so far as the said things were asso ciated with Ihe direct prevention, humanly speaking, of another pestilence. But, as their iear wore on, which It soon began to do, they resumed Ibeir falling outamong themselves, and did nothing. Consequently the soourge appeared again low down as before, and spread avengingly upward as before, and carried off vast numbers or tbe brawlers. But not a man among them ever admitted, if in tbe least de. gree he ever perceived, that he had anything to UU WllU 11. So Nobody lived and died in the old, old, old way ; and this, in tbe main, is the whole of No body s story. Had be no name, vou ask ? Perhans it was Legion. It matters little what his name was. Let us call him Legion. If you were ever in the Belgian villages near tne neiu oi Waterloo, you will have seen, .in some quiet little church, a monument erected by faithful companions in arms to the memory of uoiouet a, major u, usptains C, V and E, Lieu tenants F and Q, Ensigns M. I and J. seven nnn-commissioned officers, and one hundred and thirty rank and file, who fell i t the discharge of I heir duty on the memorable day. The story of nuuouy is tne story or the rank and file of the eartn. Ahey bear their share of the battle they have their part in the victory; they fall : they leave no name but in the mass. The march of tbo proudest of us leads to the dusty way by wnicn tncy go. ui Let us think of them this year at tbe Christmas fire, and not forget them when it is burnt out. I The Country Press on Crisis. We continue our extraots from the editorials of country exchanges on the crisis. From an article entitled "More Compromises," in the last number of the Circleville Herald, we make the subjoined extracts: We observe that many of the so-called conser vative Southern popers, as well as hundreds of journals in the North, are urging upon the peo- iiu me necessity or maKing some further 'Compromise," to satisfy the insatiable maw of Ihe monster, Slavory. Some are for having the l'ersonul Liberty bills of the four States l.iat have already passed them, repealed; and desire that Congress should make a law to protect slave property in Ihe territories which are now free. This would concede the right of any slaveholder to carry his slaves into any one of the territories of ihe United Steles, and hold them there, thus virtually nationa izing slavery. , The principle of freedom as to the federal territories has been affirmed time and again by a majority of the American people, through the ballot-box, and it will never be abrogated by the dictation of a few Slavery propagandists. 'It was dntinciated "long ago by Washington, Jefferson, Clay and Webster, and never should be relinquished. The North oould with muoh more propriety demand that the South should recognize the right of freedom of speech, and take away the barriers that obstruct the freedom rf the press. Would it not be a glorious idea for the millions of Northern freemen, who are anti-slavory in sentiment, to back down from their openly declared principles, and give tip to a few thousand Southern gentlemen, (i. . Slave driven), in order to keep old Toombs and the fanatio Wise in the Union for a year or two longer? Tbe Eaton Regiiter has the following, irtiole on "Pacification : " The Committee of thirty-three, to which was referred the unpleasant task of bolstering up tbe Union, have, as yet, done nothina. The compromises must be all one sided before they can be agreed on, the North giving, and the bouth taking all. All the amicable speeches, it tne concessions must come from the North wiiua tne coma sianus oy as u Dolly, saying wnai may, ana wnat may not oe Uone or "we II secede. As it has always been, the North is expected to yield all. She is expected' not only to pawn away her rights, but her manhood also. She is expected to come crouching on her knees to the indignant, spurning South, and ask forgiveness of her majeBty for being free, and act ing ireciy. les, she is expected lo apologize earnestly because that people loves Freedom and hates Slavery. She is expected to act the craven, because that people has cast an earnest, intelligent vote against the spread of human cnattolism, Ay 'the is expected lo bumblv crave pardon for oe.ng powerful, and for using ner power in a legitimate manner. In a word, she is aesired to undo herself, lo sink her identity, te deny her existence, and to become a watch-whelp for her tyrant master, whining piteously under stripes, and then obsequiously licking tbe hand Which inrlicts tbem. (Jut upon such a pacification I Out upon the paltry time-servers (if such there be) who would dare to o stultify, so emasculate the North! Out upon the craven spirit, that would thus barter awty liberty and manhood, and truth and the right, for a tyrant's peace. We want no peace, if it must come through submission and chains. Is it possible that tbe freemen of this nation will ever consent to deny themselves the right to liberty of thought word and deed, in order lo pacify a few slave drivers? We hope not. We do earnestly hope that no one right will be yielded upon any consideration. . Our freedom in all respects, must remain intact, though it be at the price of uissoiution, or even or civil war. Certainly, w. wnnM rather die freemen, than live slaves. "A Msssisqee or PeaciI" Tbe telegraph reports that a "spontaneous'' meeting of the "luosiamiar citizens of Buffalo was held on tbe 1 Jth for the purpose of requesting Hon. Mil lard Fillmore to proceed lo tbe State of South Carolina as a "mettenger of peace T' What these "spontaneous ' gentlemen desired Mr. Fillmore to say to the law-defiers of South Carolina is not reported; but as the Cocktails are asserting that the day for "compromising" is passed a fact we are happy to learn, as all compromises have been simply a cowardly surrender vu our part to aggressions we suppose he will have to narrow down bis negotiations to begging that, while 'hy are permitted to do just as they please, they will not please to reduoe to "owner ship tbe white citizens of tbe North Thia. just now, appears to be the only thing left for us to pray lor. l hey demand and all "spon. taneous gentlemen in the North are ready to yieia tne right lo revise our Slate Legislation, tbe right lo reduoe to slavery all free territory of Ibe country, the right to overrun tbe North ern States "temporal ily' with slavery, the right to open up tbe African slave nirec.v. the right to seleol the man for whom we may vote for President; now, let this "messenger of f'caco arp aown. on nis Knees to these modest aw defiers and petition tbem to spare us the ngnt ui owner8nip in ourselves. He may bave to beg movingly for Ibis boon, and may have to yield it tor tbe sake of peaoe; but let us hope that the antecedents of Mr. Fillmore will render turn a successful mendicant in this behalf. J"iia Torchlight. In speaking of the Union Saving Meetings in the Eastern cities, the Urbana Citizen and Gazette says : The man who can look over the political history of Ibis country fur Ihe past twenty years, and see nothing but Northern aggression upon tne eouin, is either a knave or a fool. We do not claim tbat tbe North is entirely faultless in this regard, but we do claim that sbo has been moresinned against than sinning, and if weighed in the balance with the South would not be found wanting. The slave power has ruled this government for Ihe Inst forty years the country has been involved in bloody and expensive wars to satiate its inordinate cravings compromises which were regarded as sacred for thirty years have been abrogated loopen the way for its ex- l.n.inn mnA . t . .1. 1 . l . i mow, luiecuiu, wueu toe norm, jealous of ber rights and the invasion of her interests, interposes to prevent Ihe extension of the "peculiar institution" into territory consecrated to Freedom, we are met with the cry of secession and disunion from the South I And the North is asked to humble itself at the feet of the South, and let slavery hnve free oourse nnd be glorified, to save the Union! Wo betide the Northern statesman who shall favor or sanction any such remedy I If that is the only panacea that can save the Union, we have but little hopes for its salvation. The following we subjoin from 'the Perrjs-burg Journal: The telegraph has already apprised us of the appointment of a "Pacification Committee," by tbe Lower House of Congress, and of the sentiments expressed by certain members of it, in favor of reconstructing the Missouri Compromise line. Before acceding lo this measure, however, il is asked of the North, by the South, that the former pledge herself to carry out all the provisions of the Fugitive Slave act, grant slaveholders the right of transit through the free States with their negro slaves, acknowledge theight of promotion to slave property in all thejcompion territories, and in short, make slavery national and freedom sectional. Such, we take it, is the basis upon which the Southern pacificators wish to re-establish a compromise line. r If the experienoe of the past is anv criterion. the measure indicated would be the most fatal ever placed upon record, and alike inconsistent ana repugnant to the feeling, liberty and welfare of a large majority of Ihe people of this confederacy. As proposed, it can never be effected. The perfidious repudiation of the Northern share of the Compromise of 1820 by an almost united Southern vote, aided by a few Northern doughfaces, and Ihe gross violation of the peaoe measures of 1850, by the renewal of agitation in 1854 even if wo were to bave our rights properly recognized has rendered all further transactions in that line next thing to impossible. This we believe to be the sentiments of the great mnjority the highest judges of the nation. In this connection we have to say, we heartily approve the course of our able Representative, Mr. Ashley, in voting against the appointment of the Committee, for we believe that it is only an expense lo Ihe government without the slightest prospect of curing the sore. LUDWIO UHLAND BY BAYARD TAYLOR. - Of all living German poets, Uhland is perhaps best known beyond Ihe limits of bis naive country. He is nol, therefore, necessarily Ihe greatest; for in the higher qualities of passion and imagination he is surpassed by Ruckert, while in vigor Freiligrath is bis superior. Neither of these poets, however, approaches Uhland in those qualities of simplicity, sweetness and quaint tender fatcy, which have made him so popular, even with those who know bim only through translations. Few English poems have had a wider circulation among us than hia "Crossing tne Ferry," commencing: "Many a year is in Its grave. Since I crossed this restleesi wave.' or, "The Castle by the Sea," in Longfellow's version. In uermany no poet has written such a number of songs and ballads, which have been taken at once to the heart ot the people, and have become the commonest household words of Song. Uhland is a popular poet, in the best sense of the word. Tender, true, loyal to his fatherland, full of all noble and generous inspirations, he has written no line which can possibly be perverted to exercise other than a good influence. In this rcspeet, as well as in the consistency and integrity of his life, he strongly resembles our own liryant. Uhland was born in 1787, in the little town of Tuebingen, in Wurtemberg, where he now lives. He studied jurisprudence, and resided for a while in 8tuttgard, where be was several times elected a member of tbe Constitutional Assembly, always heartily oo-operaling with the liberal and progressive party. Many of his political lyrics breathe a bold and ardent, spirit of freedom. I scarcely know a bolder or more manly uttrnnoe than that song of his, which every German student sings. . "If now a soul from heaven descended. At once a hero and a bard." He soon withdrew from active life, and burying himself in bis beloved Tubingen,- devoted bis days to poetry. In 1848, only, his repose was broken. He was chosen to the Germau Parliament at Frankfort, where he resumed hia old place, on the extreme Left, and spoke good words for German Unity and German Freedom. He has amply proved his political kinshiD in tbe poets of Suabia lo Schiller, and Scbuberi and Hatiff. The first German book which I ever attemnl- ed to read, was Ublaud's Poems. Before I bad been a week in Heidulborg, and while I was still unable lo ask for a clean towel, I had read "ine Blind King - and "Lilt e Ko and ." The delight wnicn these poems gave me, lightened the study of ihe language, and I did not stop until I had mastered tbe book from betrinnintr to end. I was anxious lo know something about the poet whom I had thus learned to love, but those who bad seen him described hitn to me as dry, silent, nngenial old man. in whom no trace of the poetio character could be discerned- Aevertneiess, idetermined ihatl would visithim n the course of mv three months' walk through Germany; but when I reached 8tuttgard, toward the elose of the trip, with twenty oentt in my NUMBER 157. jocket, and fifty miles yet lo be traversed, and he bottles of tbe clouds emptied upon my head, set my teeth together, looked at tbe statue of ' hiller, and started for Heideberg through the iain. . . . t , , Seven years afterward, on my way from Con-ajantinople to England, I found myself in Wnr- imberg. I had not much time to spare, but the i flection came: I may never be to near to Uh-Und again: he it an old man, and if I fail te v, sit bim now, I may repeat it all my life. So I s opped for the night at Stuttgard, and booked iiiyself for the diligence which started at dawn (it Tubingen. It was a tiresome, dreary ride over the windy u.ilands. In the gloomy autumn day, the eold Il -Ids and dark woods of pine exercised a de-p essing influence upon me, and I began to wish i- yself back again. Tbe only other passenger w s a young man, who was completely absorbed i, his own thoughts, which he wrote front time I' lime in a note-book, as well as tbe shaking d ligence allowed. I was curious enough to s ,al a glance now and then, and discovered t hI he was composing a poem, "right out of his In id," as the country people say. During the r: e of six bourg be produced three stanzas, of ei ;bt lines eaoh, and alighted in Tubigen with a. air of great exhaustion. I wish I knew who fa. was: I even wish (I am ashamed to say) tit it I had spied out tbe title of tbe poem, that I loight bave the pleasure of ransaokingmodel-, German literature to find ill ! 'ubingen is a quaint little place, on the side of a hill, overlooking the valley of the Neckar. B ; I bad not come to see the town. My first bminess was to write a note to Uhland, stating w o and what I was, and why I wanted to see hi i. Having dispatched this by a servant of lb hotel, (who, I thought, seemed a little turpi ed, and spoke of Uhland as coolly as if he lis . been a shoemaker,) I lay down on my bed lo t.wait tbe result. In half an hour tbe man ca ,ie back, stating tbat Herr Uhland would recti ve me immediately; and he thereupon ao- co paniea me to the poet s residence. t was ushered into a bare little library, lighted by a single window. It resembled, in foot, a I . wyer's office much more than a poet's sane-lu. . A side-door opened and Uhland entered, lid shook hands with a manner which was) bent jolent rather than cordial, and invited me to a ' 1 aat on the sofa. After the usual oommon-pluces, he conversed very pleasantly. I found, at knee, that he was thoroughly simple and unobtrusive, yet cheerful and kindly anything bt.' dry and cynical, as he bad been represented. I is stature is small and bis figure slight. The sin alders stoop a little, which makes him ap-pe r older than he really is. His faoej Is tbi i , aud muoh wrinkled about tbe mouth and v$ i but the eyes themselves are soft, clear ai. i blue, with Ihe same fresh, youthful char-aci. r which I found in those of Humboldt. His no i it prominent and full of eharaoter, bit foi head high and finely modeled, andbis soanty h' once blond, is now silver white. The form of 'tis bead has much resemblance to that of B:- iynt, but he lacks thesplendid Homerio beard of ibe latter. asked bim whether be bad written any po ms recently whether we might not expect so'iething more from him. "I would not swear," he laid, "that I will never write any more; but I have never yet written except from the n-tilj, of expression. Whether that necessity will co e again, is a thing which I cannot foresee, In.' it is certainly less active now than in my yornger years." He then went on to speak, wit 4 great frankness, of his own works, not oo . oealing his satisfaction at tbeir popularity, ye( noteleted thereby, for they were evidently wi ' .ten for himself, first, and the effeot which Ih might produce on others was a seoondary co lideration. ' fter an hour spent in pleasant talk, I rose lo la'! leave, and then ventured to ask for his uaiue, as a souvenir of my visit. He wrote upon a b'.ip of paper: "An inhabitant of the Suabian Lo d to the wanderer from tbe Orient," signed, an. gave it to me, with a friendly invitation to vib.t bim again. As I returned to the hotel the rath began to fall, so I kept within doort all ev aing, and at midnight took a return dilli-ge ,;e to Stuttgard. So that all I saw in Tubin-ge i was the poet Uhland. 1 ere is a tender little song of his, which hat nol heeen translated : TO TBE NAMELESS ONE. ' Oh, would that I was standing Upon a mountaiu'a crown, With thee on vales and forests, - With thee, love, love, looktug down: There all around I'd show thee The world, in morning's sHne, And say : if it were mine, love, So were it mine and thine I And In my heart's deep valleys Couldst thou but thus look down, Where all tbe songs are sleeping . . Qod sent, my lite to crowu The truth I cannot utter There might thy dear BTm aea ? Each hope and each achievement Received Its life from theel B. T. Piirlonino Statu Sbcrkts. The London cor-r'lipondent of the New Orleans Delta avers that (( 5 seoreisof the confereuoe of kings at Warsaw vera obtained for the Frenoh Emperor by a triok I tyed upon the Emperor of Austria, which it tl'tiis explained: "It is related that tbe Emperor and suite, In II e oarriaget, and an escort, arrived after thee (' ys and nights traveling, at a lovelv little vil li re of Stgria, being received bv the Herr Bur- ijimeister nnd all the little fry of bureaucracy i next thing to bended knees. The Emperor Id- them be was glad to see them, but they .ed not trouble themselves to read tbe address congratulation to him for he was confoundedly ingry and wanted breakfast. The best rooms ' the one solitary little inn had been taken by i Englishman, and it was afterward found at he had done the same thing through fifty iles of oountry, so that h was prepared at all e inns for a traveling hungry Emperor on his ay back. The courteous stranger, of course,, implied with tbe request of mine host, and was o glad to accommodate the Emperor. Duriug e repast, however, he was admitted to Ihe j-droom by mine host on some pretense for 1 1 mething he had left there. He did not remain ore than ten minutes, if as much, bnt was s lerward teen no more by the innkeeper; nay r by the police, clever as they are, of the holo kingdom, who were on the alert; for this odern Claude Duval had managed to abstract e small red and gold covered writing desk of lb s Majesty, Ihe bmperor of Austria, wbereia pre contained all the documents which related i j ibe Warsaw meeting; and through, doubtless, nt it one contained a treaty, there must have been f ty whioh let out Ibe whole of the seoret of the i lidertnking which had been mutually come to I f' the three power. This rends like a romance. J" the I t it i s a fact, well vouched for." Ohio Editorial Convention. l, The Editors of Ohio, at their Semi-Annual l Inhering, at Sandusky, last Summer, honored ','iinesviHe. by its designation as Ihe place for (eir next Annual Meeting, which occurs on ednesdoy, the 16th day of Jnnunry. Tbe Convention will meet for business, at one tJ:lock ii I ill. T ' delive J :lock in the afternoon of that day, at Moodey'a The Annual Address and Poem will also . cred at the game hall, at 7 o'clock in the I'ening. The Address by Geo. G. Washburne, Esq., of if e Elyria Democrat. The Poem by J. H. A. Bone, of the Cleveland Ftald. . The social gathering will beat Wilcox's Hall, i'lmediately upon tbe close of the literary exer- see at Moodey'a. n Messrs. Moodey and Wilcox have generously offered the use of their fine Halls. The Head-Quarters of the Fraternity, during i e Convention, will beat the Cowlea House. . The brethren throughout the State may rest i isured that the craft, and other citizens of ' tinesville, will endeavor to make this an w colon pleasantly to be remembered. PaineniU ire. J